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Art and Design

Stage 2 Design and Technology – Communications Products 2012

As part of this course:
  • You will investigate and produce communications products that use art and design.
  • Focus on developing basic computer graphics skills
  • Undertake image development and editing, page layout and possibly animation
  • Use hands on activities as well as computer programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and possibly IMovie.
  • You will undertake skills building tasks, develop a folio and make both a minor and major product.
  • The minor product will an anti-bullying awareness poster.
  • The major product will be negotiated with the teacher and might be a company branding, booklet or animation.
  • The folio is your planning and reflection document it includes a design brief and evaluation. The folio is marked externally.

Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks 20%
Materials Applications
800 words
 Materials testing
  • Investigate and evaluate a number of variables involved in the development of graphic images.
  • The investigation will involve practical testing, comparative evaluation (what works best) and a summative evaluation (what you will use).
  • There should also be some information from secondary sources (research on what the experts use).
  • Present your finding in a table with pictures and comments.
Skills and Applications
Tasks
 Graphic development
  • Use one or more graphic processes (hand made and computer based).
  • Skills assessed relate to visual composition, design elements and principles.
Graphic manipulation* Create and manipulate images and text using Photoshop and one other computer based programs,
  • i.e; Preview / IPad apps. Skills addressed include basic importing, adjustments and file export.
  • Keep screen shots of your work in progress, put them into a table with comments.
  • You will also be assessed through a skills checklist.
Assessment Type 2: Product 50%
Product


 MINOR PRODUCT
  • Produce a communications product (POSTER) using two or more computer graphics programs, i.e: IMovie, Photoshop, In Design or Illustrator.
  • The product must include text and images and communicate to a particular audience about an issue (i.e: anti-cyber bullying).
  • The focus of this task is on visual composition and the use of computer based graphic techniques.

MAJOR PRODUCT
  • Students produce the item designed in the Folio.
  • That is to develop a communications product that uses a graphic process.
  • This could be a:
  • Branding (logo, stationary, signage, promotional tools),
  • a Publication (recipe book) or
  • Advertisement (animation).
  • The product will be negotiated with the teacher.
  • The product must contain both text and visual elements.
Assessment Type 3: Folio (Design Brief & Evaluation) 30%
Product Design

and Evaluation

(Folio)


2000
words


(external
moderation)
 PRODUCT DESIGN (Folio – to plan and evaluate your Major Product)

PART 1 - Investigation
1. Identify need/problem (why)
2. Design brief (what, who, how & what else) (100 words)
3. Similar products, production techniques / materials (500 words)
4. Material options (300 words)
5. Impacts (500 words)

PART 2 - Planning
1. Reaction to investigation / design brief
2. Refinement of ideas

PART 3 - Evaluation
1. Product success – design brief
2. Effectiveness of making product
3. Modification - reflections